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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Harai, where is the most interesting place in the world from a religious standpoint?
(a) Silicon Valley.
(b) The Bible Belt.
(c) The Islamic State.
(d) Jerusalem.

2. What non-invasive option are scientists using to learn about stimulating or inhibiting brain activities?
(a) Helmet-like devices fitted with electrodes.
(b) Imaging scans and electrodes.
(c) Electrodes attached to the skin.
(d) Imaging scans.

3. The expression, "The customer is always right" is an example of humanist _____________.
(a) Economics.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Politics.
(d) Aesthetics.

4. What experiment do scientists conduct in robo-rat laboratories?
(a) They train rats to perform mundane tasks.
(b) They control what rats do using implanted electrodes.
(c) They test the rat's stamina.
(d) They provide pleasant experiences for the rats.

5. What artificial organ was successfully tested by Yale University in 2014?
(a) Pancreas.
(b) Heart.
(c) Liver.
(d) Kidney.

6. After World War I, what social movement did President Woodrow Wilson begin to support?
(a) Civil rights.
(b) Selective service.
(c) Anti-slavery.
(d) Women's sufferage.

7. Under the Modern Covenant, humans give up meaning for what?
(a) Economic growth.
(b) Power.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Wealth.

8. Harari claims that "life has no script, no playwright, no director, no producer, and ____________."
(a) No power.
(b) No meaning.
(c) No free will.
(d) No reality.

9. What causes people to believe in free will?
(a) Irrationality.
(b) Biblical teachings.
(c) Biochemical processes.
(d) Faulty logic.

10. Humans can do whatever they choose and are only constrained by what?
(a) Their access to education.
(b) Their understanding of technology.
(c) Their own ignorance.
(d) Their power in society.

11. What famous computer beat two former Jeopardy champions?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Watson.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Sherlock.

12. What kept people in the Middle Ages from making advances in science?
(a) Physical labor.
(b) Lack of education.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) A disorganized society.

13. What movement changed the formula for gaining knowledge to Knowledge = Empirical Data x Mathematics?
(a) The Scientific Revolution.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) Economic Growth.
(d) The Free Market.

14. Who are many of the volunteers research professors use in their experiments?
(a) Colleagues.
(b) Voters.
(c) Family members.
(d) College students.

15. The first Cognitive Revolution made Homo sapiens rulers of the planet. What could the Second Cognitive Revolution do?
(a) Make Homo deus lords of the galaxy.
(b) Give Homo sapiens the universe.
(c) Make changes to Homo sapiens DNA.
(d) Make Homo sapiens into Homo deus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Jorge Luis Borges' story about the narrating self?

2. Harari states that economic growth could be considered a religion because it provides solutions to which of life's dilemmas?

3. What did philosophers and prophets believe would happen if people stopped believing in a great cosmic plan?

4. What is the new species that will develop when Homo Sapiens is extinct?

5. Where does Harari say new religions will come from?

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